Host Your Own Website?

I get a lot of
emails from people
asking how do they
go about hosting
their own website.
My first question is
always "Why would
you want to do
that?"

Hosting with other
companies is
amazingly cheap
these days. You can
get a ton of space at
WebsitePalace.com.

They also offer an
amazing amount of
bandwidth (traffic
allowance) every
month and they seem
to keep improving
their service
without raising
their prices.

Unless you are an
extremely tech savvy
individual and have
some strong need to
run everything from
your home, hosting
your own website is
not going to be a
good option for most
people.

Just to give you an
idea, here are some
of the things you'd
need to host your
own site:

A computer that
is powerful
enough to keep
up with the
server requests
when your site
receives traffic

A copy of the
Linux operating
system

Make sure your
ISP will even
allow this.
Some may, but
will charge you
an additional
fee

Cable and DSL
are not good
enough. You
should probably
have a dedicated
T1 line

It's also important
to remember that the
computer you use
must be dedicated
for this task. It
is not recommended
you use your
personal computer to
double as a web host
because it could
interrupt your
website's
performance levels.

So as you can see
the costs for
hosting your own
site will start
piling up. First
you'll need a second
computer, then
you'll have to pay
your ISP additional
money so they will
allow you to even
host your site.
Plus you'll have to
buy an additional T1
line and that may
cost up to $500 per
month.

Not to mention
you'll spend a lot
of time setting this
up unless you know a
great deal about
computers, servers,
etc.

Clearly I am not a
fan of hosting your
own web site. There
are too many
companies out there
that will do this
for you. Why get
bogged down with the
hassle of doing this
when someone else
can do it for you
much cheaper.

I seriously doubt
there isn't a host
out there that can
provide what you
need. I highly
recommend you begin
at WebsitePalace.com.